“Murders that resemble old murder cases” Aurora “Roe” Teagarden is a librarian. She doesn’t have much of a social life. Once a month on Friday she meets her fellow murder mystery enthusiasts, and they discuss a real murder. This Friday it’s Roe’s turn to present the case of Wallace. She spent hours preparing and arrives early to the community center to make sure everything is ready. She can’t find the woman who unlocked the building and set up. When she does find her, she wishes she hadn’t. She’d been murdered in a similar way to Wallace’s case.

Soon it is apparent that someone is taking things too far. Others begin dying in ways similar to murders of past. Who is doing it and why? Can Roe help ferret out the killer without becoming the next victim?

I have never read anything by this author. I loved Roe. I can’t wait to read more! I thought the plot was well written and the characters were interesting. I had trouble putting down the book between readings. There were plenty of suspects and t…

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Brilliantly repackaged as only Prime Crime can — the first book in the New York Times bestselling author’s popular Aurora Teagarden mystery series. Though a small town at heart, Lawrenceton, Georgia, has its dark side and crime buffs. One of whom is librarian Aurora “Roe” Teagarden, a member of the Real Murders Club, which meets once a month to analyze famous cases. It’s a harmless pastime until the night she finds a member killed in a manner that eerily resembles the crime the club was about to discuss. And as other brutal “copycat” killings follow, Roe will have to uncover the person behind the terrifying game, one that casts all the members of Real Murders, herself included, as prime suspects, or potential victims.


Fun, fast read
If you’re looking for a cozy mystery, Aurora Teagarden will hit the spot. The book is light enough to make for a quick read, but suspenseful enough to keep you sucked in. Highly recommended for mystery fans. Don’t expect any paranormal here, though, or you’ll be disappointed – that’s another series….more info

Aurora Teagarden — book one
This is the first book of the Aurora Teagarden series. Aurora, known as Roe to her friends, is a 28 year old librarian in the small Georgia town in which she was raised. She belongs to a group called “Real Murders” that meets monthly to discuss famous murders. Things get too real, though, when one of the members is found murdered at the monthly meeting. Hence begins a series of murders in their small town, with the victims and the settings staged to replicate a famous murder.

The members and the police know if is probably a member of the group, but which one? This is a great introduction to the series and the folks of Roe’s town. I just read this one, after reading all of the rest. Unlike a lot of series, the Roe’s friends and townspeople recur in the other books.

This is an amusing, southern cozy and I recommend it for a relaxing read….more info

very generic
I’ve read several of Harris’s other books, and while the mystery here was at least good enough for me to finish the book, I was disappointed. It was just very generic. And the ending made no sense at all—no motive is ever explained, and the perfectly normal people who turn out to be the killers suddenly descend into raving lunacy in the last few pages. It just didn’t fit. The murders themselves are absurd, but at least interesting, and I could have done that if the whole series packed more of a punch than it does. My response after putting the book down: meh….more info